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Michael2012: You give me too much credit! I am not the guy behind the Internet curtain that plugs in airline ticket prices to stir people to Boston or Windsor Locks. The airlines set the prices and can and do stir people to one airport over another. It happened when Southwest started service at Green. And it happened again when RIAC went on a spending spree with seemingly no end and Southwest started pulling out. It has gotten so bad now that the airlines have cut seats available to passengers at Green by 20% from just last year.

The removal of homes near Winslow Fields is not part of the runway extension program but rather an existing 2020 No Expansion option identified in the EIS.

The main reason for the extension is not safety but some presumption of efficiency for planes that no longer operate out of Green. They were pulled out of service by Delta Airlines because they were not efficient. Modern planes manufactured for 2,000 nautical mile service (West Coast) operate quite nicely off the Reagan National 7,000-foot runways for flight to Seatle Washington. They also operate from New York's Laguardia Airport (7,000-foot runway) headed for Mexican resorts. And, they operate off of the Logan 7,000-foot runway bound for California.

Since when do our "business leaders" build runways? Politicians do not do that either. They duck for cover using EDC as a shield. And then when EDC is wrong - as it was with 38 Studios - then boom!

Again, you give me too much credit. I don't have an approach to make things better at Green. All I know is the financials are bouncing on empty according to comments made by RIAC board members at their budget hearing and there is no reserve in the budget for any problems according to the RIAC CFO. And the budget was drawn up before the drop of 20% of seats was recognized.

Your thought that things will get better at Green when the economy improves is difficult to justify using the RIAC numbers.

Bottom line -- Mr. Dillon is leaving an airport that is severly challenged. That's why they are not planning on the safety improvements for at least a year and probably two according to Mr. Dillon's testimony before the Coastal Resources Mangement Council earlier this week. The expansion will be delayed for years to come. Check out the RIAC budgets for details.

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